{"id":215,"date":"2010-01-21T06:33:56","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T12:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/gazette\/2010\/01\/21\/100121_randomthursday\/"},"modified":"2010-01-21T06:33:56","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T12:33:56","slug":"100121_randomthursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/2010\/01\/21\/100121_randomthursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, this is one of the geekier RT posts, so some of you (you know who you are&#8230;and so do I) might want to go have a nice glass of orange juice instead of spending time here. I mean, you don&#8217;t <i>have<\/i> to, but don&#8217;t say you weren&#8217;t warned.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>So you think you&#8217;re a font expert? Try your hand at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ironicsans.com\/helvarialquiz\/\">this quiz<\/a>, then, and let us know the results. Helvetica vs. Arial. Sounds simple, doesn&#8217;t it? (I got 18 out of 20.)\n<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve always been of the opinion that <i>The Hobbit<\/i> was a better book than any of the <i>Lord of the Rings<\/i> trilogy, and I&#8217;ve been secretly miffed that Peter Jackson didn&#8217;t film it before LOTR. But he&#8217;s rectifying that situation now, along with Guillermo del Toro, and given the advances in CG effects, the wait might be well worth it. Anyway, however obsessed I might be with things Hobbitian, I&#8217;m a mere pretender compared to the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeksaresexy.net\/2010\/01\/20\/the-greatest-adventure-some-considerations-in-casting-bilbo-baggins\">this article<\/a>, who has a very specific and thorough list of criteria to which the casting of Bilbo Baggins must adhere. <i><b>Must<\/b><\/i> adhere. And, apparently, Toby Maguire need not apply.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<div align=\"left\">\n<ul>\n<li>I would love to have any one of <a href=\"http:\/\/frankbuchwald.de\/engl_v\/serie_e.html\">these lamps<\/a> on my desk. I&#8217;m particularly drawn to the symmetry of <a href=\"http:\/\/frankbuchwald.de\/engl_v\/serie_04_e.html\">this one<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li>Earlier in the week I linked to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.2010raamblog.com\/\">the blog of Sandy Earl<\/a>, who is attempting to become the first female to complete the Race Across America (RAAM) on a recumbent. Well, let&#8217;s crank up the cycling oddity knob another notch and take note of <a href=\"http:\/\/2010mayorseaglebus.blogspot.com\/\">Martin Krieg<\/a> who wants to ride a backwards Penny Farthing (an old-fashioned high-wheeler with the small wheel in the front) across the USA (as a part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalMayorsRide2010\/\">2010 Mayors&#8217; Ride<\/a>). I&#8217;ve never ridden a high-wheeler, but the thought of pedaling a single-speed, direct drive bike over mountain passes gives me the willies, as does the idea of riding the cycling equivalent of a high profile vehicle across the windy Central Plains states.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, this is one of the geekier RT posts, so some of you (you know who you are&#8230;and so do I) might want to go have a nice glass of orange juice instead of spending time here. I mean, you don&#8217;t have to, but don&#8217;t say you weren&#8217;t warned. 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